Doc Blades » Food http://blog.docblades.com what's not to like? Tue, 09 Mar 2010 04:49:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Mario Batali Doll Flips Spaghetti http://blog.docblades.com/2009/02/23/mario-batali-doll-flips-spaghetti/ http://blog.docblades.com/2009/02/23/mario-batali-doll-flips-spaghetti/#comments Mon, 23 Feb 2009 21:55:23 +0000 Christian Blades http://blog.docblades.com/?p=308 batali flipping toy

I’m the motha flippin’.

I’ll admit that I’m a fan of Mario Batali. Iron Chef America, Molto Mario, and now apparently he has a PBS show with Gwyneth Paltrow. The man’s a genius when it comes to food, even if everything dish he cooks costs a hundred dollars.

Looks like he’s starting to take advantage of his fame with some well-placed marketing. He has his own wine label, cheese, crocs, a Nintendo DS game in the works, and this wind-up doll that actually flips a pan of spaghetti and meatballs. Normally, I’d say this is ridiculous, but I really really want one of these dolls! They’re genius.

Sure, G.I. Joe has karate chop action, but I don’t see Duke making a delicious veal parmigiana. Transformers, well, transform, but they can’t turn raw ingredients into shrimp diavolo. Batali is on par with MacGyver.

[Food Flippin' Mario |Via Nerd Approved]

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It’s a little known fact that when I get a dog, I’m going to name it Noodles. Maybe it’s just that it’s a fun name or maybe it’s the fact that I or my wife will sound crazy when we call in our dog from the back yard.

I know what you’re thinking. Maybe I just like noodles because I’m Italian and all we eat is pasta, olive oil and garlic, with the occasional pizza for lunch.

You people make me sick.

[The Daily Chuck]

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[Carved Watermelon Photos]

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]]> http://blog.docblades.com/2009/02/17/ahh/feed/ 0 Duoseptuagenuple Stuf Oreo (or, Indy and the Giant Oreo of Doom) http://blog.docblades.com/2009/02/10/duoseptuagenuple-stuf-oreo-or-indy-and-the-giant-oreo-of-doom/ http://blog.docblades.com/2009/02/10/duoseptuagenuple-stuf-oreo-or-indy-and-the-giant-oreo-of-doom/#comments Tue, 10 Feb 2009 16:12:35 +0000 Christian Blades http://blog.docblades.com/?p=140 Oreo of Death

Not much you can say about this one but “wow”.

My favorite part about this *ahem* project is the method used to extract all of the fillings from the 36 double stuf oreos: a cheese slicer.

[Duoseptuagenuple Stuf Oreo]

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]]> http://blog.docblades.com/2009/02/10/duoseptuagenuple-stuf-oreo-or-indy-and-the-giant-oreo-of-doom/feed/ 0 Making Sauerkraut From Scratch, The Real Way http://blog.docblades.com/2009/02/09/making-sauerkraut-from-scratch-the-real-way/ http://blog.docblades.com/2009/02/09/making-sauerkraut-from-scratch-the-real-way/#comments Tue, 10 Feb 2009 00:23:45 +0000 Christian Blades http://blog.docblades.com/?p=135 Sauerkraut - Fermentation Is Delicious

Fermentation is a scary proposal for the uninitiated, but saurkraut is soooo delicious.

Boing Boing founder Mark Frauenfelder has an excellent writeup on how to make delicious delicious sauerkraut. And not the pickled kind that eventually (always) gives you heartburn.

The only ingredients required are a couple of cabbages and some salt.

You’ll need a special tool, though. A stone fermenting jar and lid.

The jist of it is that you cut the cabbage into strips, shove it into the jar in layers and salt each layer, then put the lid on top and weigh it down with something heavy. Leave it to sit unmolested for a couple of weeks and you have sauerkraut.

Easy, right?

If you try it before I do, be sure to tell me how it goes.

[Making sauerkraut is easy]

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  • No Viking is Complete Without His Mead [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="167" caption="The Walmart smiley balloon means quality"][/caption]...
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    Too Soon?

    One reseller recommends mixing with vodka for a nice “Commie- Kaze”.

    Communism never failed… to be marketable.

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    ]]>     http://blog.docblades.com/2009/02/05/in-soviet-russia-you-dont-squeeze-lemons-lemons-squeeze-you/feed/ 0     No Viking is Complete Without His Mead http://blog.docblades.com/2009/02/05/no-viking-is-complete-without-his-mead/ http://blog.docblades.com/2009/02/05/no-viking-is-complete-without-his-mead/#comments Thu, 05 Feb 2009 07:58:03 +0000 Christian Blades http://blog.docblades.com/?p=26 The Walmart smiley balloon means quality

    The Walmart smiley balloon means quality

    If you’re one of us who runs around in his codpiece, cape, and horned helmet, you’ll recognize that feeling. That feeling that something is missing. The feeling that drinking a bud light just isn’t the right choice… for you.

    But where can you get the appropriate beverage?

    The local supermarket doesn’t stock it, and that nasty honey wheat ale you tried at Taco Mac just won’t cut it.

    What’s a viking to do?

    Make your own mead!

    With just honey, yeast and time, you’ll be on your way to the true prison wine viking experience.

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